Sayantan Das becomes India's 81st GM after beating the opposition at the International Festival des Jeux in Cannes, France. Das entered the A Group of the tournament as an IM, chasing the 24 FIDE Elo points that would bring him to the 2500 mark an...
The Indian Yogis are the first team to qualify for the Playoffs after defeating the Levitov Chess Wizards in the Pro Chess League. In the other match, the Canada Chessbrahs defeated the Garden State Passers.
The two siblings, GM Praggnanan...
The official FIDE ratings are in for March 2023, and at first glance they seem consistent with the February list, but look more closely and you see a notable name missing: GM Sergey Karajkin, who has now been inactive for a full 12 months and...
In the nearly 180 Titled Tuesdays since the event moved to 11 rounds on October 20, 2020, GM Hikaru Nakamura has now won 50, a ridiculous percentage of nearly 30% despite hundreds of participants gunning for first place in every tournament. His vi...
It's Women's History Month, a time to honor the contributions of women throughout history and their ongoing struggle for equality. To celebrate the occasion, you can now play chess against some of the women who fought for a better and more equitab...
The Norway Gnomes and Spanish Maniac Shrimps defeated the Brazil Capybaras and Charlotte Cobras, respectively, to kick off week three in the Pro Chess League.
The Norway Gnomes pulled off a shocking comeback after losing the first two rounds of ...
It's just the second month of 2023, but we may have the game of the year on our hands. The following game was played by 39-year-old GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo at the Romanian Chess Championship 2023.
Szabo's round-six victory over FM Nicodim-...
GM Hikaru Nakamura was the convincing winner of the second edition of Chess.com's newest titled arena, Bullet Brawl, after scoring 65 wins, four draws, and 12 losses en route to claiming the $1,000 prize for first.
Familiar faces in GMs Daniel N...
The Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) has completed its historic switch to Asia in a move branded by the European Chess Union as a "shameful day" for the game. The Asian Chess Federation formally adopted the CFR into its ranks at a meeting of ...
Russia's chess federation has completed its historic switch to Asia in a move branded by the European Chess Union as a "shameful day" for the game.
The Asian Chess Federation formally adopted the Chess Federation of Russia into its ranks at a me...